Geoffrey Hine v. Charles Samuels, No. 16-6005 (4th Cir. 2016)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-6005 GEOFFREY WILLIAM HINE, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. CHARLES SAMUELS, Director of B.O.P.; J. F. CARAWAY, Regional Director; J. ANDREWS, Warden; MS. LINDSLEY, Unit Manager; MR. BAXTER, Unit Case Manager, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, Chief District Judge. (5:15-ct-03126-D) Submitted: May 31, 2016 Decided: July 12, 2016 Before WILKINSON and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. Geoffrey William Hine, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Geoffrey William Hine seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing without prejudice his complaint filed pursuant to Bivens v. Narcotics, Six 403 Unknown U.S. Agents (1971). 388 Named of This Fed. court Bureau may of exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2012); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). to appeal is neither a final order interlocutory or collateral order. Legal Aid, 807 F.3d 619 (4th The order Hine seeks nor an appealable See Goode v. Central Va. Cir. 2015). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, and remand the case to the district court with instructions to allow Hine to file an amended complaint. facts and materials legal before We dispense with oral argument because the contentions are adequately this and argument court presented would not in the aid the decisional process. DISMISSED AND REMANDED 2

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